450 Lt.-Col, C. 'T, BINGHAM ON THE (Mar. 17, 
Sphex tropica, Sulz. Die Kenn. d. Insect. t. 27. f. 5. 
Vespa unifasciata, Oliv. Encycl. Méth. vi. 677, 39. 
Vespa tenebrionis, Christ, Hym. 216. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
The remarks in Tennent’s ‘ Natural History of Ceylon,’ ch. xi. 
p- 417, evidently refer to this insect, and not to Sphex ferruginea, 
Lepel.=aurulentus, Fabr. 
287. VESPA OBLITERATA, Smith. 
Vespa obliterata, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. new ser. ii. (1852-53), 
47; Saussure, Mon. Guépes Soe. 149, 329 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. 
Ins. B. M. v. 119, 18; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 383, 8. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
Genus Portstss, Latreille. 
288. PotistEs stigma, Fabricius. 
Vespa stigma, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 275, 78. 
Vespa tamula, Fabr. Ent. Syst, Suppl. 263, 78. 
Polistes stigma, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 261, 41; Sauss. Mon. Guépes 
Soc. 64, 219 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 102, 9; Jour. 
Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 381, 5. 
Polistes tamula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 274, 27. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
Genus Icarta, Saussure. 
289. IcARIA FERRUGINEA, Fabricius. 
Vespa ferruginea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 280, 95. 
Polistes ferruginea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 277, 39. 
Icaria ferruginea, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. 38, 17 2 8, pl. v. 
f. 6; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. y. 97, 20; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. 
(1867), 378, 2. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
290. Icaria MARGINATA, Lepeletier. 
Epipona marginata, Lepel. Hym. i. 541,33 3. 
Icaria ferruginea, Sauss. (nec Fabr.), Mon. Guépes Soc. 38, 17 
(var.). 
Icaria marginata, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. App. 237 3; Smith, 
Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 97, 21. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
Family ANDRENID 4, Leach. 
Genus Prosopis, Fabricius. 
291. Prosopis MonrLicorNis, Motschulsky. 
Prosopis monilicornis, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Imp. d. Nat. Mose. 
(1863), 24, 245; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 385, 6. 
